There is heartbreaking news emerging from the Caribbean this morning, as it has been revealed that a four-year-old boy from Co. Dublin has drowned in a swimming pool.
Finn McCarthy Reyes from Blackrock in South Dublin had moved to Puerto Rico with his family just two weeks ago before tragedy struck at around 3pm yesterday (Tuesday, 30th August).
According to the Irish Mirror, the Puerto Rican police are treating the accident as a tragedy, and released a statement saying the alarm had been raised by Finn’s father, Anthony McCarthy.
“A call to the 911 system alerted authorities to a drowned minor at this address,” they explained.
“Upon arrival, units from Guaynabo District found the body of Finn McCarthy Reyes, aged four, drowned in the swimming pool area.”
The youngster had been playing in a swimming pool at the Palm Real housing estate, Guaynabo.
He leaves behind his father and mother, Sinead, both originally from Co. Kerry, and two brothers.
